JUSTIN LANGER QUITS, BUT WHO'S ACTUALLY THE BAD GUY?

Justin Langer quits as coach of the Australian men's cricket team, despite taking it to huge success. It seems a couple of the players thought he wasn't nice enough. But what have they in turn done to him? Who really has behaved badly. Could Pat Cummins please explain?

For months, Cricket Australia has let coach Justin Langer twist in the wind, clearly shaping to force him out.  

It was humiliating and shameful, and now Langer has quit:

CA offered Langer a short-term extension, but the West Australian turned it down....

Langer’s manager James Henderson tweeted: “As a player Justin retired on top after a 5-0 Ashes whitewash. Today, despite the views of a faceless few, he finishes his time as Australian cricket coach winning the T20 World Cup and the Ashes. Lest we forget what JL took over in 2018.”

Yet again we read that a few senior players didn't like Langer's intense style, and have refused to give him a break even though he changed his ways:

 A previous breakdown in relationship with senior players was tarnishing his stint as national coach.

A crisis meeting between CA chiefs and senior players last year was needed to address the issues between players and coach, with the full-scale mutiny sparking suggestions Langer was in danger of not having his contract renewed.

The former Australian Test opener then took a step back and delegated more responsibility to his support staff, which seemingly helped improve the team’s performance.

Australia won its maiden T20 World Cup title in November before retaining the Ashes with a comprehensive 4-0 series victory over England.

On Thursday, Australian men’s Test captain Pat Cummins refused to endorse Langer as coach.

“It’s in Cricket Australia’s hands,” he said when asked if he wanted Langer in charge.

“JLs been doing a fantastic job, he’s been there for four years, his contract is obviously up soon, they’re just going through an evaluation process at the moment, which I think is fair, the right thing to do. We all get evaluated all the time as cricketers. It’s part of a high-performance environment."

Utter bull.

Performance? What coach could have done more than take a shattered and humiliated team, tarnished by a shameful cheating scandal, and turn them back into world-beaters?

If these unnamed senior players thought Langer was hard to get along with,  how much harder have they been on Langer?

Could Pat Cummins explain?

Not a good look for any incoming coach, knowing a few of the players could get you sacked.